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If you want to make your company more innovative, focus on developing better leaders. That is a key finding of a new study by the Hay Group, a talent management consulting firm, that identified the best-managed US companies for 2011.

Manufacturing grew in April at the fastest pace in almost a year, propelled by a pickup in orders that signaled factories will remain a source of strength for the US expansion.

"We now have a 'lost cat in airplane' file that's got one piece of paper in it after this morning," said Peter Spurway, spokesman for the Halifax International Airport Authority.

The company would not say how many employees have been let go or the locations affected throughout North America.

David Phipps, GCSAA Class A golf course superintendent at Stone Creek Golf Club in Oregon City, OR has been selected by the GCSAA Board of Directors to receive the 2012 President's Award for Environmental Stewardship.

The Professional Grounds Management Society has recognized two golf courses in the Golf Course category of the Society's 2011 Green Star Awards competition.

Direct Solutions announced the addition of Bryan Gooch as North American Marketing Manager with the Direct Solutions team.

Next time you're in a new supermarket, or retail outlet, remember that, once upon a time, you might have been standing in the centre circle of a football pitch or on a cricket wicket. The London Playing Fields Society was formed in 1890 by a group of visionary Victorians concerned with the need to protect London's open spaces for current and future generations.

This label assures consumers that the amount of biological ingredients listed on the product label is accurate and is backed by the USDA and the federal government.

Per Johansson says he heard a roar from his vacationing neighbor's garden in southwestern Sweden late Tuesday and went to have a look.